Churn-operating mechanism.



110.898,20?. r PATBNTED SEPT. a, 1908.

R. E. PLBMING'.

GHURN OPERATING MEGHANISM. A'PPLIUATION FILED MAY 29, 1908iy 2SHEETS-SHEET 1.

attoznu I PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

R. E. PLBMING. GHURN OPERATING MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.9, 1908.

2 SHEETS-MEET 2.

ttouwgS Cir RATIO E. FLEMING, OF MEXICO, MISSOURI.

CHURN-OPERATING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. s, 190s.

Application led May 29,1908. Serial No. 435,768.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it knovm that I, RATIO E. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mexico, in the county of Audrain, State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Chmn-Operating Mechanismand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to churns and has for its object to improve theConstruction and increase the efficiency of the operating With these andother objects in view the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction as hereafter shown and described and then specificallypointed o ut in the claims, and in the drawings illustrating thepreferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the improved device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of aportion of the bracket.

The improved operating device may be applied to any of the various formsof churns having reciprocating dashers and -for the purpose ofillustration is shown applied to a conventional form of churn of thischaracter in which 1() represents the body or cream receptacle, 11 thedasher, 12 the dasher rod, and 13 the lid of the body 10 the latterhaving a depression 14 where the aperture for the rod occurs to receivethe cream carried up by the dasher rod and prevent it from sloppingover. The churn body 10 is mounted upon a platform 15 and preferablywith sto devices 16 to support the churn from latera movement.

Rising from the platform 15 are spaced supporting standards 17-13, thestandards having spaced feet 19 engaging the platform u15, and thussupporting the standards in vertical position.

Connected to the upper ends of the standards is a transverse plate orframe 20 and extending upwardly from this plate are spaced guidestandards 21-22, and formed transversely of the plate 2O between theguide standards is abearing 23 for a transverse shaft 24, the shafthaving a gear pinion 25 on one end and a crank 26 on the other end, thecrank coming at the side nearest t0 the churn body 10.

Formed in the frame 2O near one end is a bearing 27 for a stud 28, thestud providing a bearing for a gear wheel 29 meshing with the pinion 25and provided with a handle 30, the rotationof the gear 29, it will beobvious, transmitting motion through the pinion 25 through the shaft 24to the crank 26.

Slidably disposed upon the guide standards 21-22 is a cross head 31having a stud 32 Aprojecting laterally therefrom and movably connectedto the stud 32 and the pin of the crank 26 is a connecting` rod 33whereby the rotary motion of the shaft 24 will impart a reciprocatingmotion to the cross-head.

Extending from the cross head 31 are converging arms 34-35 andterminating in a half-bearing 36 in which the dasher rod 12 engages, thehalf-bearing having a cap 37 hinged at 38 thereto at one side andforming the opposing half-bearing to engage the churn dasher rod 12. Thefree end of the cap 37 is slotted at 39, while the half-bearing 36 isprovided with a threaded. bolt extending through the slot, andvprovidedwith a wing nut 40 engaging the bolt and bearing.

upon the cap, by which means a clamping device is produced to enable thedasher rod to be clamped in position relative to the cross head. By thissimple means the dasher rod may be connected at any desired point to thecross head, and dasher rods of different sizes connected to theoperating mechanism. By this simple means the reciprocating motion ofthe cross head 31 will cause the dasher rod and its dasher to movevertically within the churn body 10.

A The gear 29 being larger than the pinion 25- the motion of the dasherwill be quite rapid while the rotation of the handle 30 will becorrespondingly slow. By this means a comparatively slow motion of thehandle only is required to produce the requisite speed of the dasher,and this speed may be controlled as will be obvious by increasing ordecreasing the speed of the master wheel 29.

The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured,and applied to any of the various forms of churns having reciprocatingdashers.

What is claimed, is

A device of the class described comprising a platform having means forsupporting a churnincluding a dasher and its rod, supporting standardsspaced apart and extending'from said platform, a plate carried by saidstandards and provided with spaced vertical guide standards, a crosshead carried by said guide standards and having laterally convergingarms terminating ina bearing in In testimony whereof, I affix 'mysignature, vshich said cllasler rod is suporiedlmeansfor in presence oftwo witnesses. cam in t e earin to t 'e aser' ro a shaftp Irigounted forgrotation through said R' E' FLEMING 5 plate and having a crank at oneend, a oon- Witness'es necting rod between said crank and the cross FREDAa MORRIS, head7 and means for rotating said shaft. Ca MILLER.

